Combined hook and holder.



B. H. MQEWAN.

UOMBINED HOOK AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION I'ILED MAY 28, 1914.

126,238. Patented Jan. 26,1915.

UNITED STATES BLANCHE H. MCEWAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED HOOK AND HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

Application filed May 28, 1914. Serial No. 841,443.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BLANCHE H. MCEWAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hooks and Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a combined hook and holder that is made of a strong, durable and non-corrodible piece of wire bent, shaped and twisted to provide a stem that can be screwed or otherwise mounted in or connected to a suitable support, the stem having a depending hook to accommodate a coat or other article, and a lateral holder to accommodate an inverted broom or other article.

The mechanical construction of the device will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined hook and holder; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same showing a portion of a broom held by the holder and a portion of a garment held by the hook; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device showing a supporting member thereof depressed as though sup porting a broom or other article; and Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the device with articles removed therefrom.

As above stated, the device is made of a single piece of wire which is bent, shaped and twisted and comprises a twisted stem 1, a screw 2 at the rear end thereof, a depending hook shank 4: at the same end, diverging arms 5 at the forward end of said stem, vertical retaining members 6 at the outer ends of said arms, and a yieldable support 7 between said arms. The twisted stem 1 is composed of two strands of wire and the rear end of one strand is tapered and threaded to form the screw 3, thus permitting of the device being screwed into a wall or other support somewhat similar to an ordinary wire coat hanger. The rear end of the other strand of wire terminates in the shank 4 and at the lower end of said shank is a hook 8 having an outwardly directed bill 9, which permits of a garment being easily and quickly placed in engagement with the hook. The arms 5 diverge in a horizontal plane and are bent to provide parallel portions 10, these portions having the vertical inverted U -shaped retaining members 6 that hold the yieldable horizontally disposed support 7 between the parallel portions 10. The support 7 has parallel portions in parallelism with the parallel portions 10 and a loop portion 11 that extends between the arms 5. There is sufficient resiliency in the support 7 to permit of the same slightly yielding when a broom 12 is placed in engagement therewith; the position assumed by said support being best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, but by referenceto Fig. 4, it will be noted that the support 7 normally remains in the same plane as the parallel portions 10 of the arms 5. As a result of this yieldable support, the broom 12 is supported by four strands of wire, but should the broom be of light weight, the support 7 holds the same and the retaining members 6 prevent accidental displacement of the broom by engaging the front or outer side thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. The returned or in-bent support 7 yields without affecting the vertical plane of the retaining members, consequently the stem 1 and the arms 5 are relieved of any sagging or stresses that would tend to distort the device. With the shank 4: of the hook bearing against the wall or support of the device, rigidity is added to the stem 1 and the hook 8, and with the twisted stem braced by the shank, there is little, if any, liability of the weight of a broom and garment pulling the screw 3 from the wall or support.

One embodiment of my invention has been illustrated, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A combined hook and holder made of a single piece of wire bent to provide a twisted stein composed of two strands, the rear end of one strand terminating in a screw and the rear end of the other strand in a depending shank having a forwardly extend- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ing hook, the forward ends of the strands in presence of two Witnesses. of the stem terminating in direrging arms BLANCHE H. MOEWAN. having vertical retaining members support- Witnesses:

5 ing an iii-bent horizontal yieldable support OTTO F. BARTHEL, between said arms. ANNA M. DORR.

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